A COVENTRY dad has praised his son's school for taking action after the four-year-old was hit by a taxi.

Last month, the Coventry Telegraph reported how Mohammed Habib's son Jameel was left with a broken foot after a cab ran over it outside Radford Primary School. The driver was not charged.

Mr Habib blamed the number of cars parked on the road for blocking visibility and the lack of signs outside the school's Fynford Road entrance to warn motorists that children might be around.

After liaising with the Highways Authority, the school will now have "keep clear" zig-zag lines painted at the entrance along with the word "slow" on the road.

The new measures are expected to be in place by the end of this school term.

Mr Habib, a 38-year-old financial adviser, of Chetton Avenue, Radford, wanted the school to introduce safety measures to prevent anyone else being hurt.

Jameel was injured at the end of the school day as he walked across Fynford Road with his mum Jarun Khatun, 38, and eight-year-old brother.

After the incident, Mr Habib said: "I keep thinking how lucky he is to be alive and how he could have been put in a life-threatening condition.

"I wouldn't want this to happen to anyone else."

Jameel was taken to University Hospital, Walsgrave, where he was treated for broken bones in his foot.

Mr Habib, who also backed a recent Coventry Telegraph campaign for more crossing patrols, said: "I'm very pleased to see that something will be done and it hopefully means that other children won't be injured. I'm very grateful to the school for making sure it happens."

Head teacher Lynda Small said: "I'm pleased that we have got some action on the Fynford Road gates which are essentially our second entrance into the school."